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Payroll giant ADP has agreed to buy DO2 Technologies, a Calgary, Alberta-based company that provides electronic invoicing software.

A total of 169 federal securities class-action lawsuits were filed in 2009, a sharp decline from 2008.

Intuit has introduced a contest that will give QuickBooks Premier Accountant 2009 and 2010 customers the opportunity to win $1,000 by using the Client Data Review feature.

The South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants recently recognized six CPAs for their achievements in the profession and their communities in 2009 – one of which is a newly established Young CPA Award.

IMGCAP(1)]When the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonprofit research organization, officially declared the U.S. was in the midst of a recession, the news was of little shock to the countless number of companies that have seen their delinquencies go up in recent months.

More states could be proposing to levy sales taxes on Amazon.com and other Web retailers in an effort to collect much-needed revenues to fill their shrinking coffers.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued final standards on postemployment benefits and municipal bankruptcy.

H&R Block has agreed to repay between $11.4 million and $19.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over the tax prep chain’s marketing of high-fee individual retirement accounts to customers.

LECG shareholders have approved the consulting firm’s merger with Smart Business Advisory & Consulting along with a related proposal for LECG to receive a $25 million cash investment from Smart’s majority shareholder, Great Hill Partners.

CBIZ Inc. and its affiliated CPA firm Mayer Hoffman McCann have acquired Goldstein Lewin & Co., a South Florida accounting and financial services provider.